Sunshine, I dont think its right to call all the Puja committes as social goons. Yes, there are some places but most of the big Pooja pandals are respectable and contributions are collected by decent educated people. And Sagar is right,it is not for any commercial purpose. Pooja committees make Taj Mahal, Vatican, Ram Mandir and other wonderful artistic pandals with lights & themes. Rather than critisizing, we should be patronising the artisan who make this.